PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jace Beleren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beleren
vs
Thompson

190 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
216 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jace Beleren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hunter Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Beleren shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Thompson's guard.
Thompson wants to stand up but Beleren is controlling him.
Beleren stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thompson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Beleren missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Beleren from controlling successfully.
Beleren loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Beleren trying to stand up but can't free himself from Thompson's guard.
Beleren stops Thompson from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Beleren decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Thompson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Hunter Thompson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Thompson instigates a clinch.
Thompson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beleren or not.
Beleren is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Thompson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a left hand.
Beleren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Thompson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Beleren on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beleren is trying to drag Thompson to the mat but Thompson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Beleren has picked Thompson up - he's going for a ride! Beleren dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Beleren stops Thompson from getting back to his feet.

Beleren decides to stand up.
Beleren tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Thompson swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jace Beleren. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson throws a right and a left that Beleren avoids nicely.
Beleren keeps the fight on the outside.
Beleren tries to clinch

and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Beleren is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Beleren into the cage.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Beleren shoots for a double leg takedown but Thompson sprawls well. He's pushed Beleren's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Beleren tries to clinch up
and Thompson counters with a lovely shot to the body.

Thompson pushes Beleren up against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson gets through Beleren's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Beleren's ribcage.
Beleren is breathing heavily.
Thompson is struggling to control the position.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson slowing the pace effectively.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Beleren's defenses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beleren goes for a takedown attempt but Thompson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Thompson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Thompson pushes Beleren up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Beleren lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson lands a left hand.

Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beleren shoots for a takedown but Thompson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Thompson prevents the takedown attempt.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Thompson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Belerens head.
Thompson prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jace Beleren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Beleren backwards.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Beleren tries for a takedown but Thompson manages to get underhooks.

Thompson breaks the clinch.

Beleren tries to keep at a distance but Thompson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Beleren in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson taking a breather.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beleren shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Thompson counter with a right hand.
Thompson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beleren is out of range and Thompson settles back down.
Nice sprawl there from Thompson as Beleren shoots in.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Thompson finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab lands there for Thompson.
Thompson stuffs the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Beleren circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beleren moves out of range of the body kick.
Beleren shoots in looking for a takedown. Thompson tries to sprawl out of it but Beleren keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Thompson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Beleren keeps it at a distance.
Thompson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Beleren circles away quickly and effectively.

Thompson closes the distance and pushes Beleren back into the cage.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Beleren in his tracks for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
A short right from Thompson.
Beleren blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thompson tries to clinch up but Beleren circles away and keeps his distance.
Beleren shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Beleren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beleren tries to clinch
and Thompson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thompson tries to clinch but Beleren moves out of range.
Thompson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beleren circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Beleren can't get the takedown.
Beleren takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jace Beleren is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson misses with a few strikes there.

Beleren clinches up against the cage.
Thompson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a hook from the clinch.

Thompson breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Beleren pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Thompson drives through and clinches with Beleren against the cage.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Beleren jumps guard but Thompson stands there with Beleren around his waist. Beleren gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Thompson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hunter Thompson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beleren circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beleren fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jace Beleren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Beleren misses with a takedown attempt
and Thompson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Beleren's knee momentarily.

Thompson pushes Beleren up against the cage in a clinch.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Beleren avoids the damage to the body.
Beleren takes an elbow to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beleren or not.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Beleren shrugs off.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Beleren's ribcage.
Beleren takes an elbow to the forehead.
Beleren takes a shot to the head.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Beleren in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Thompson manages to break the clinch.
Thompson tries to clinch up.

Thompson closes the distance and clinches.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Thompson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a body kick.
Thompson tries to clinch but Beleren is having none of it.
Thompson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Thompson tries to clinch up but Beleren circles away and keeps his distance.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson stuffs the takedown.
Beleren doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thompson counters by moving into the clinch.

Thompson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thompson tries to bum rush Beleren with a series of wild strikes but Beleren uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hunter Thompson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to clinch but Beleren moves out of range.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Beleren swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beleren doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson slows down the pace here.
A body shot lands from Thompson.
Beleren has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Thompson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Jace Beleren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beleren takes an elbow to the forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hunter Thompson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Thompson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 26:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 25:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hunter Thompson!